Improvement in milkmen s signals



12.51B'. BLAKE.

Mukmens' Signals.

N0. H6 O14. Patentedjune20,1871.

fag v v @Hmm UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE( ELIsH-A` EELcHEE BLAKE, on TAEEYTOWN, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,014, dated June 20, 1871.

To allv whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELrsHABELcHEE v BLAKE, of Tarrytown, in the county of Westuse the same, reference being had Vto the accompanymg drawing forming part of this specciiication, in which;

Figure l is a detail vertical sectional view of my improved milk-house taken through the line w Fig. 2; and'Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section ofthe same taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved house or receptacle for the pitcher or other vessel-in which the milk is-received from the milkman to protect said .vessel from dust, dogs, cats, rain, te., and obviate. the necessity of watchin g for the milkman, and which shall be so constructed asl to sound an alarm when the door is opened; and it consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the house, as hereinafter more fully described. v

A- is the house, which is made with a Mansard roof and a cupola, B, upon its top. The sides of the cupola are made of glass to allow the signal G to be seen through them. The

signal C may be made to represent a pitcher, and moves up and down through -a hole in the iioor of the cupola B. The signal() is attached to a yoke or cross-bar, D, the ends of which move up and down in grooves in the sides of the house A. To the yoke or cross-bar D is attached one end of the rope or cord E, which passes over a pulley, F, pivoted to the upper part of the house A and the other end of Which is attached to the edge of the platform Gr. The

other edge of the platform G is hinged to the bottom ofthe house A. The weight of the yoke or cross-bar D is so adjusted that it will draw the signal C down and at the same time raise the platform G; but when the pitcher orother vessel is placed upon the platform Grits weight will lower the platform G and raise the crossbar or lyoke D and signal Cso that the mille man can see it. To the house A is attached a bell, H, the hammer of which is attached to the end of the lever I, whichis pivoted to the house A, and the lower end of which extends down to the door c1 in the side of the said ple that their milk has been left.

'lhe device is designed to be secured to some suitable support in a conspicuous position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Batent'- The signal C placed on a sliding yoke D, and

held up by the lled pitcher on platform Gr, the bell-clappin g mechanism, and the cupolaed milk-house A, all combined for the purpose'of,

first, calling attention by the alarm that the Y milkV4 has been deposited, and secondly, of exhibiting the corroborating signal thereof,

A'whereby'the housekeeper is notified to take charge of said milk.

The above specification of my inventionV signed by me this 14th day of January, 1871.

' ELISHA BELCHER BLAKE..v Witnesses:

J AMEs T. GRAHAM,

T. B. MosHER. 

